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I am having this battle in my head whether or not to keep our pool table up or to break it down and store it somewhere.
We have had the pool table for 9 years - it's an 8 footer and it takes up a good space in our bonus/great room in the basement.
Here is what I am thinking:
Pros of taking it down:
My kids, 5 and 7, could really use that space in the basement for playing.
It would move many of the toys cluttering their bedrooms to the basement.
It would create a playroom and perhaps the living room- the room you see when you open the front door....won't be so messy
Pros of leaving it alone:
It's probably close to $300 to break it down and store it
Will the kids play in the basement? It seems so secluded from the rest of the house and it seems like a dark dungeon down there.
If the kids do play down there, Jeff's office is across the hall- and if he works from home, they will be a distraction- only on the days when they are not in school, but still...
Would love to know what you are thinking out there...
What are your experiences, if any? |
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We can live our day to day lives with having few personal connections with people.
A simple "please" and "thank you" can get you through the day while still feeling "good."
What about making it personal? Not everyone has the outgoing personality to strike up a conversation with someone, and would rather stay in their own little world. And that's fine.
But what if, just what if...we took our lives a step further and decided to make it more personal.
What if you heard someone was having a tough time...instead of just praying for them, or thinking about them...what if a card was sent, what if some small gesture reminded them that they are being thought of. It could even be anonymous.
What if, instead of just giving a dollar to the charity of your choice...what if you actually gave up a few hours on a precious Saturday to help? I know weekends are precious, they are for my family as well. I'm not asking you give every Saturday away...but what if you gave a piece of one Saturday away to someone in need?
Whether it's one of these ideas or one of your own, see how your heart is affected when you make giving...a little more personal
1. Help to rebuild a widow's house www.Bothhandsfoundation.org so that a family can help bring an orphan child home to love
(I personally volunteer with this organization and I am very passionate about it)
2. Visit a long term care center where the elderly are many times long forgotten and would love to share a minute or two with anyone who will sit with them
http://www.bordeauxltc.org
(I happen to have the honor of meeting Ms. Black, a fun woman who is 104 years old!)
3. Help out at a food kitchen, www.feedamerica.org
4. What about training as a first responder so that when some horrendous tragedy strikes an area, such as a destructive tornado, floods, earthquake...you can go help rebuild lives and rebuild people... www.hopeforce.org
You can actually cross that yellow police tape and go hug someone who has had traumatic loss!
(this one takes a weekend, but it is worth it to be trained to help!)
5. Volunteer to go read a local school, or even mentor a student.
6. How about the Ronald McDonald house?
7. Read to children at a local hospital?
What if... |
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I saw a commercial for The Biggest Loser tonight and I thought...
Why not have a competition between the states?
Between cities?
Seriously...each state gets three cities, one of which has to be rural.
Each city gets 20 people
The city news would keep track of the contestants and of course, so would the show.
Then each city would rally around their contestants. Have the contestants do community walking where people could join them...
Cities would compete against each other, but also with each other- because Nashville and Memphis would also be part of the TN team.
That would be pretty cool.
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I started training for my second marathon I have ever run.
What I am beginning to experience is that I am not getting faster, I am getting slower.
Before my 9 mile long run two weeks ago, I was feeling good about a 9-91/2 minute mile.
Now I'm happy with a 10 1/2 minute mile. What happened?
I ran the Disney marathon in January of 2007. I am not sure what exactly happened- maybe it was any combination of going too fast, running on fairly large hills, not stretching enough...but somewhere in my training I eventually injured myself and kept running.
I almost ruptured my tendon. After tests and MRI's, I had three months of physical therapy.
I learned how to stretch my Achilles and surrounding tendons.
I have since run 2 half marathons (13.2 miles)
This year I am running the Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati the first weekend of May.
26.2 mile run
I am running it with my older brother, and I am so excited about that.
What I find happening right now is that my knees are beginning to bother me. And I don't seem to have the energy to run at a faster pace than a 10 minute mile.
I have some Monavie that was given to me, so I'm taking a few ounces a day to see if it works the way "they" say it does. We'll see.
But I guess it's not how fast you run, the goal is finishing.
That, I plan to do, with my brother by my side.
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So we have this robin who built a nest under our porch. She had 3 babies and I figured she wouldn't be back. Just a couple weeks later she has 3 new babies. I have learned alot about robins.
Like, they are one of the few birds where the babies leave the nest before they can fly. So taking a step and falling from the nest is quite an act of courage!
I have been able to sit on my porch, even walk closer to the nest and the momma robin knows I will not hurt her or her babies. She keeps on doing her thing, never minding me.
I wanted so much to be able to see one of the babies leave the nest. I can sit by my window inside for a closer view, and today while I was on the phone, I decided to watch the birds while I was talking.
And one of the babies took their step of faith and fell from the nest. It was so awesome to see!
And how many people get close enough to view this kind of thing from 5 feet away?
Amazing!
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So Wednesdays are hard. Not anything extremely difficult or challenging happens on Wednesdays...it's just that middle of the week hump.
After the hump you've got Thursday which reminds you of Fridays which we can all tolerate.
So I decided this morning to accompany my morning coffee this Wednesday morning with a cupcake. And a Publix cupcake, at that. That butter frosting that so far I have found no one can hold a candle to. It was just the sugar to help the medicine go down, or just the right thing to help bring in the mid week morning.
Sure my poor physique -that hasn't felt the tone from running since April- could use some healthy fiber something. And it really didn't need the extra calories. But my taste buds are still thanking me and it's almost 6 o'clock.
ahhhh.... |
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